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Demand-Side Management and the Sustainable Energy Transition

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A: Sustainable Energy".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (16 October 2023) | Viewed by 969

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Michael Jack

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Department of Physics, University of Otago, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand
Interests: demand flexibility; nearly-zero and net-zero energy buildings; daily and seasonal variability of renewable energy supply; national energy system modeling

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The sustainable energy transition requires such a monumental change from our current fossil-dominated energy systems that we need to rethink every aspect of the way we generate, distribute, and use energy. Most of the research effort has been focused on energy supply, including understanding renewable energy resources and the development of renewable energy technologies. However, there are an increasing number of researchers exploring the role of energy demand and in particular demand-side management. Demand-side management is an umbrella term that covers energy efficiency and demand flexibility where demand is curtailed or shifted to later times in response to signals. Demand-side management can permanently or temporarily alter demand so that it better matches weather- and seasonally dependent renewable sources and alleviate distribution infrastructure is constraints. Demand-side management thus has the potential to play an important role in supporting greater renewable energy supplies and reducing the cost of the energy transition by supporting better use of infrastructure.

This Special Issue aims to present and disseminate the most recent research on demand-side management and its role in the energy transition.

Topics of interest for publication include but are not limited to:

  • Demand flexibility;
  • Consumer behavior change;
  • Demand-side management;
  • Energy efficiency and peak reduction;
  • Thermal energy storage;
  • Distributed generation and battery storage;
  • Smart electricity grids.

Dr. Michael Jack
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Demand-side management
  • Demand flexibility
  • Energy efficiency
  • Smart grids
  • Distributed generation
  • Energy storage

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Modeling the Photovoltaic Power Generation in Poland in the Light of PEP2040: An Application of Multiple Regression
by Aurelia Rybak, Aleksandra Rybak and Spas D. Kolev
Energies 2023, 16(22), 7476; https://doi.org/10.3390/en16227476 - 7 Nov 2023
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This paper presents the results of research on the development of photovoltaic systems in Poland. The authors’ goal was to identify factors that can potentially shape the dynamics of solar energy development in Poland and that will affect the implementation of the PEP2040 [...] Read more.
This paper presents the results of research on the development of photovoltaic systems in Poland. The authors’ goal was to identify factors that can potentially shape the dynamics of solar energy development in Poland and that will affect the implementation of the PEP2040 goals. The authors also wanted to find a forecasting method that would enable the introduction of many explanatory variables—a set of identified factors—into the model. After an initial review of the literature, the ARMAX and MLR models were considered. Finally, taking into account MAPE errors, multiple regression was used for the analysis, the error of which was 0.87% (minimum 3% for the ARMAX model). The model was verified based on Doornik–Hansen, Breusch–Pagan, Dickey–Fuller tests, information criteria, and ex post errors. The model indicated that LCOE, CO2 emissions, Cu consumption, primary energy consumption, patents, GDP, and installed capacity should be considered statistically significant. The model also allowed us to determine the nature of the variables. Additionally, the authors wrote the WEKR 2.0 program, which allowed to determine the necessary amount of critical raw materials needed to build the planned PV energy generating capacity. Solar energy in Poland currently covers about 5% of the country’s electricity demand. The pace of development of photovoltaic installations has exceeded current expectations and forecasts included in the Polish Energy Policy until 2040 (PEP2040). The built model showed that if the explanatory variables introduced into the model continue to be subject to the same trends shaping them, a dynamic increase in photovoltaic energy production should be expected by 2025. The model indicates that the PEP2040 goal of increasing the installed capacity to 16 GW by 2040 can be achieved already in 2025, where the PV production volume could reach 8921 GWh. Models were also made taking into account individual critical raw materials such as Cu, Si, Ge, and Ga. Each of them showed statistical significance, which means that access to critical raw materials in the future will have a significant impact on the further development of photovoltaic installations. Full article
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